Setting up the ute and the law ... Help please

trashman · 15-08-2007, 06:44

OK im looking for some help ...

iv been looking into do a bit of traviling around this big wide place most of us call home

but in doing so i need to set up the ute ( clean bns style ) so i can travil around and not get hassled out by the law ...

im awhere of a few bullbar laws and spotty laws ie: in the NT you cant have any spottys higher than your headlights ??? but not too shor on that but with all the diff laws in differant parts of Auzzie i need some help to get it right befor i start doing the ute up ..

so can you please post up wat state your in and laws regarding side skerts and bullbars, spottys on the roof, mudflaps, side clearance lights, cb's(2ways) and arials ect
any and all info would be a great help ...

TA Trashy ...

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Sharpy · 15-08-2007, 10:39

Got a tip for ya trashy

Just go in a ute with no hugely obvious mods,

For example

Neet reliable holden/ford ute, mags, cd player, single uhf an areil with it behind the cab- a small 30cm ariel will give you plenty of distance if you match the ariel to the conditions u plan on using it.

Put mudflaps behind the tyres, where they are intended to go and make sure they have no sharp edges and are more than 100mm from the ground.

Dont even bother with spotties on the roof mate. your gunna get pinged no matter wat state your in or where they are mounted. remeber any light that is not mounted on the front of the vehicle unless its a work light which run off an independent switch only operated from the engine bay.

My advice- get a canopy and kit out like billys planning on doing.

cheers sharpy n good luck with the trip trashy

trashman · 15-08-2007, 11:07

Yer i got the VU ss and wasn't going to go too berks with decking it out just a bullbar (iven 3poster ferrl bar) some clearance lights and spottys on the bullbar... was going to go 2 big gme arials thow ( yes ill have 2 twoways ) and a phone antner on the roll bar with some jellybeen roloving lights as i may need them for work and work lights,head concole with the 2ways mounted in it and the switching for "work lights" and other stuff ...
side skerts and muddys where a on the list just coss i'll be doing a bit of dert road driven...

Sharpy · 15-08-2007, 11:28

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Originally Posted by trashman

Yer i got the VU ss and wasn't going to go too berks with decking it out just a bullbar (iven 3poster ferrl bar) some clearance lights and spottys on the bullbar... was going to go 2 big gme arials thow ( yes ill have 2 twoways ) and a phone antner on the roll bar with some jellybeen roloving lights as i may need them for work and work lights,head concole with the 2ways mounted in it and the switching for "work lights" and other stuff ...
side skerts and muddys where a on the list just coss i'll be doing a bit of dert road driven...

I like the sounds of that mate

yeash the gmeAE4706's are the way to go for big flat country like the simpson desert but not as effective in a hilly area as a elevated feed one.

and the grunt of the 350 chev infront would make the trip so good!

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trashman · 15-08-2007, 11:35

yer it's good to have the power to blow past road trains and old grampar with the campervan ...lol

Thow i dont really wont too ... im prob going to have to pull a trailer but with a good remap of the computer and a fine tuning should still get a good 550k to a tank ...

but im just looking for info like speed camra detectors and other odd ball laws that may be differant to WA like you can have spottys on the roof just aslong as there mounted above if not fwd of the driver in wa atleast ...

dazz · 15-08-2007, 18:49

hay j dont stuff around with the ss.. sell it buy a 4x4 c many more places than a 2wd... cheaper on fuel and u get more than 550 ks on one tank.. and as u say in past posts thay tend to get away with a lot more than other utes..

bundy_lad_1980 · 15-08-2007, 20:56

i would have to say a canopy would be some thing to really thing about, all your stuff is locked away, and some were dry to sleep if you run into rain

trashman · 16-08-2007, 03:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by dazz

hay j dont stuff around with the ss.. sell it buy a 4x4 c many more places than a 2wd... cheaper on fuel and u get more than 550 ks on one tank.. and as u say in past posts thay tend to get away with a lot more than other utes..

Mate if i wonted a 4x4 i would have got one, when they bild a 4x4 that can handle like the ss and pass a road train doing 140 up a hill like he's standing still then ill get one ...

I say 550k to a tank based on the WORST feul consumshon rate in fact it's more like 600k to 650k a tank thow i have goten 700k out of a tank and will get evan better kays after i have it dyno tuned wich will give me better power and way better feul ecm and if i base the fuel cost of the trip on 550k a tank ill get a lot futher than planed and have more cash to play with when im driven around, and i wont end up stranded on the side of the hwy out of gass ...

concidering the tanks in the ss ant that big conperd to your long rang tanks in ya cruser you would probably find there about the same and concidering im running a 350 not a 6cyl that ant bad and through a cupple hills at the crusser and ya feul rate is stuffed ... just like the reason you dont like taking the "seenice way " to waroona and why the 4x4 are always at the back of the convoy ...

and as far as going more places yes ya right but you know i ant afrad to take me ute places most ppl would think twice about ... lol lol and it dont cost that much to higher one for a few days if im that keen to go off road ...

so ill be keeping the ss for now thankyou ...

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trashman · 16-08-2007, 03:17

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Originally Posted by Sharpy

My advice- get a canopy and kit out like billys planning on doing.

yer i did think of a canopy but i got the hard cover and got some plans on how to deak it out with keeping space and wate effective to pack away all me stuff safe and sound... and planing to make up one of them ute tents for the hard cover .. iv already made a proto type as such ...

15-08-2007, 06:44	#1 (permalink)
trashman Status: Hardcore Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Wolf Creek... lol Wongong Posts: 1,194 Rep Power: 4	Setting up the ute and the law ... Help please OK im looking for some help ... iv been looking into do a bit of traviling around this big wide place most of us call home but in doing so i need to set up the ute ( clean bns style ) so i can travil around and not get hassled out by the law ... im awhere of a few bullbar laws and spotty laws ie: in the NT you cant have any spottys higher than your headlights ??? but not too shor on that but with all the diff laws in differant parts of Auzzie i need some help to get it right befor i start doing the ute up .. so can you please post up wat state your in and laws regarding side skerts and bullbars, spottys on the roof, mudflaps, side clearance lights, cb's(2ways) and arials ect any and all info would be a great help ... TA Trashy ... __________________ *Chassing down the dream* *Project Black Opps :* *The NED* *comming in late 2008* *Principle Owner :COMET* *Work hard play harder* *Live my life like my mum told me not to* *With a ute under foot* *a rum in one hand and a pie in the other* *i only have one question?* *WHO THE HELL IS STEERING?*

15-08-2007, 10:39	#2 (permalink)
Sharpy Status: Hardcore Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Alice Springs Posts: 1,354 Rep Power: 4	Re: Setting up the ute and the law ... Help please Got a tip for ya trashy Just go in a ute with no hugely obvious mods, For example Neet reliable holden/ford ute, mags, cd player, single uhf an areil with it behind the cab- a small 30cm ariel will give you plenty of distance if you match the ariel to the conditions u plan on using it. Put mudflaps behind the tyres, where they are intended to go and make sure they have no sharp edges and are more than 100mm from the ground. Dont even bother with spotties on the roof mate. your gunna get pinged no matter wat state your in or where they are mounted. remeber any light that is not mounted on the front of the vehicle unless its a work light which run off an independent switch only operated from the engine bay. My advice- get a canopy and kit out like billys planning on doing. cheers sharpy n good luck with the trip trashy __________________ SHARPY N DAVE UTECLUB MEMBERS WANTED Enquire within

15-08-2007, 11:07	#3 (permalink)
trashman Status: Hardcore Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Wolf Creek... lol Wongong Posts: 1,194 Rep Power: 4	Re: Setting up the ute and the law ... Help please Yer i got the VU ss and wasn't going to go too berks with decking it out just a bullbar (iven 3poster ferrl bar) some clearance lights and spottys on the bullbar... was going to go 2 big gme arials thow ( yes ill have 2 twoways ) and a phone antner on the roll bar with some jellybeen roloving lights as i may need them for work and work lights,head concole with the 2ways mounted in it and the switching for "work lights" and other stuff ... side skerts and muddys where a on the list just coss i'll be doing a bit of dert road driven... __________________ *Chassing down the dream* *Project Black Opps :* *The NED* *comming in late 2008* *Principle Owner :COMET* *Work hard play harder* *Live my life like my mum told me not to* *With a ute under foot* *a rum in one hand and a pie in the other* *i only have one question?* *WHO THE HELL IS STEERING?*

15-08-2007, 11:35	#5 (permalink)
trashman Status: Hardcore Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Wolf Creek... lol Wongong Posts: 1,194 Rep Power: 4	Re: Setting up the ute and the law ... Help please yer it's good to have the power to blow past road trains and old grampar with the campervan ...lol Thow i dont really wont too ... im prob going to have to pull a trailer but with a good remap of the computer and a fine tuning should still get a good 550k to a tank ... but im just looking for info like speed camra detectors and other odd ball laws that may be differant to WA like you can have spottys on the roof just aslong as there mounted above if not fwd of the driver in wa atleast ... __________________ *Chassing down the dream* *Project Black Opps :* *The NED* *comming in late 2008* *Principle Owner :COMET* *Work hard play harder* *Live my life like my mum told me not to* *With a ute under foot* *a rum in one hand and a pie in the other* *i only have one question?* *WHO THE HELL IS STEERING?*

15-08-2007, 18:49	#6 (permalink)
dazz Status: Feral Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: land down under Posts: 160 Rep Power: 3	Re: Setting up the ute and the law ... Help please hay j dont stuff around with the ss.. sell it buy a 4x4 c many more places than a 2wd... cheaper on fuel and u get more than 550 ks on one tank.. and as u say in past posts thay tend to get away with a lot more than other utes.. __________________ *(wake up dazz)* all care taken but no responsabilitys

15-08-2007, 20:56	#7 (permalink)
bundy_lad_1980 Status: Beaut Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Forbes NSW Posts: 514 Rep Power: 3	Re: Setting up the ute and the law ... Help please i would have to say a canopy would be some thing to really thing about, all your stuff is locked away, and some were dry to sleep if you run into rain __________________ ALMOST A LEGEND